";s:4:"text";s:2326:"THE WPA PACKHORSE LIBRARY PROGRAM AND THE SOCIAL UTILITY OF LITERACY, 1883-1962 By Donald C. Boyd May 2009 Chair: Sevan Terzian Major: Foundations of Education This dissertation investigates the role of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Packhorse Library Program in the emergence of the written word in rural Eastern Kentucky Pack horse librarians were known by many different names including "book women," "book ladies," and … Introduction of Queenie, who is a smart, strong, black librarian who works for the packhorse library project. Their circuits were worked out so that new books were dropped off at Center 1, the books already there were taken on to Center 2, and so on. Aug 21, 2017 - Explore circle1441's board "WPA Pack Horse Librarians " on Pinterest. Chp 36, pg 233 Queenie’s handwriting is described as ‘elegant’. The WPA paid the salaries for the librarians to maintain a headquarters library, usually at the county seat, and to carry books on horseback throughout the county. The Pack Horse Librarians Of Eastern Kentucky In 1930s Kentucky, in coal country, books made their way to remote and isolated regions of the state through The Pack Horse Library Project. UK has been given the opportunity to develop a Center of Excellence for the WPA through an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant. Women were very involved in the project which eventually had 30 different libraries serving 100,000 people. As a Center of Excellence, UK is developing a collection of archival pieces that are non-circulating and will preserve the WPA publications in their original format.